Owns and operates natural gas gathering and compression systems. Provides crude oil gathering systems. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $3.8B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 23.4× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 66% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 11% below today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades below its recent peak — about 9% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.
The net profit margin is 22% — that slice of every sale is the company’s cushion in hard quarters.
It pays out $3.09 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The stock trades 11% above the average analyst price target.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 27/100.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 33/100.
On our five-subject report card, HESM sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: HESM is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.